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They say poetry is the first thing you learn before moving towards writing in other genres. I never thought I would. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44sGet my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):MY BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Helen Garner said she struggled to write a follow up to her big book "The First Stone" as she needed to write from a personal emergency. I'm finding myself in the same place.Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44sGet my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):MY BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Changing up style and voice is a bit of a struggle but I'm no stranger to it. You lose social media traction and you lose and audience but the heart can breath again.Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44sGet my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):MY BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

This episode: Keep on making stuff until it's the mess you've made outside of the focus of the work that is actually yours.Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44sGet my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):MY BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Something happens in your late 30s, you recognise all the patterns of crap. Then into my 40s I started challenging my worldview. And that's when my work got better.Get my book: "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

These are some quick writing tips that have been useful for me.Get my book: "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Steven Ogg's rendition of me poem: https://www.instagram.com/p/DasmnvYMScI/Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I'm fascinated how I have no control over what happens when I put something into the world. I wrestle with it a lot. Sometimes I care too much about it. Sometimes I don't care at all. Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Finished the last book and I've found a door into a new book which I'll illustrate too.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

These are my favourite books. They don't care about cleverness. They've staved off many moments of loneliness for me in my 30s.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Trying to raise the floor quality of my new book I'm handing in today.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I felt the spirit in music as a kid, or at night, or in random moments. I wanted to learn how to hold it outside myself, even if temporarily, through art.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Every artists I know or read about at some point reveals how hard they work to make it look easy.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Some of my favourite characters who've influenced my stuff.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Most literary poetry feels like it's looking over my shoulder. Some poetry I read I feel like I deserve a trophy and it belongs on my shelf. Other poetry I feel like I earned a friend and it belongs in my bag.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

A little story about how it took a long time self publishing to find a traditional publisher.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I like when a writer or comedian points inwards and laughs at themselves. And I like it when they point outwards (sometimes). I'm more likely to believe them.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Nearly finished a 3rd book and I'm triple questioning my voice and where I want to take it, how I want to land or crash it.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

It's something I have to force myself to do more often. I'm not a young artist anymore, so to make those leaps in quality, rest is a massive part of this.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Writing resonates completely differently in the quietness of a book as opposed to on screen.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Thoughts on line breaks in poetry and instagram poetry and Charles Bukowski - the godfather of "insta poetry"Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

It took me 50 years to find my writing voice. Here's what I learned along the way.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Beginning with a little trick I use to get unstuck while writing, then the rest of the episode on what the 3rd book I'm writing is about.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

It's weird to feel 'accepted' by a world that undervalued my strange thoughts for decades. Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I need to get to LA , even just for 2 weeks.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

It feels like I'm promoting my book "You're Going To Be Ok" out of existence.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Pumping out a 3rd book - writing as fast as I can. Some thoughts....Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

A little chat about my new book, "You're Going To Be Ok"Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

My favourite writers brought me relief.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I was great at writing when I was 17, then ditched it for decades.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I love how stories bring magic to real life locations. Like a shared dream.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"I recieved my book as a physical book! Exciting to feel it in my hands as a little world. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

A little behind the scenes of recording my audiobook of You're Going To Be Ok and some thoughts on recording it.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I loved atmospheres as a kid. Then stories helped me as I got older. But I've read most of the stories and they all seem to repeat. So I've been returning to the beauty of atmosphere.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

It wasn't easy. It was like being two Sisyphus's at once.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Going through my old twitter account, seeing the hard=won evolutionGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I stuck with creativity for a long time (33 years) before anything happened.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Onto a third book this weekGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I've worked a lot of jobs but writing full time is the heaviest lifting. I'm lifting the full weight of all my boringness and trying to make it the lightest thing to read.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Just trying to relax after pushing myself hard with writing for 5 years.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I've been blinding following the Art Spirit for decades. It's let me through dark places and maybe finally into a small patch of light.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Some thoughts on attention spans and the crappy stories we're being fed that messes with our attention spans.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Me book's been out nearly a month in the US and a few weeks in Australia. I've been watching the charts as it goes up and down. It's been doing my head in. So I've returned in a more dedicated way to writing and little more sane again.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:Get my books hereMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

I'm curious as to where these books lead... and not just to write yet another book. Althought I'm going to write a third book, I'm still very curious. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Struggling with life at the moment, good stuff is happening and bad stuff at once. It's funny how that happens.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

A few thoughts on audience size and fear of sharing art and writing to a big audiencePREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

A few thoughts on a future opening up after existing in a single long endless day most of my life. And some thoughts on writing my two books.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

Some thoughts on making art in new places, planting the seed to leave Australia, and my new book a week or so away!PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist